DA’s Best of the Rest: Tuesday July 17, 2012

It is almost impossible to keep up with the constant influx of new music that hits our inboxes here at Dancing Astronaut but that doesn’t mean we won’t try our best to keep our loyal readers on the pulse of everything dance music related. There were two huge event announcements today from Goldenvoice and Insomniac, a unique remix of an indie classic from Robbie Rivera, a making of video featuring two of the most beautiful women in dance music today, some nu-disco gems and a radio show from none other than Thomas Gold. Read on after the break for the Best of the Rest from Tuesday, July 17th 2012.

1. The 10th annual Global Dance Festival will be broadcasting live from Red Rocks amphitheater on Saturday on Axs.tv. Starting at 10:30PM EST and running well through midnight, catch sets from Nadi Ali, Manufactured Superstars, and Morgan Page.

2. Benny Benassi is gearing up to release a new compilation called Cavo Paradiso 12, out on July 13st. The disc will include over 25 tracks, with contributions from Chris Lake, Steve Aoki, Congorock, Kaksade, Wolfgang Gartner, and Benny himself.

3. Robbie Rivera is giving away his remix of “Blister in the Sun” on his SoundCloud

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4. Thomas Gold has shared his third installment of his Fanfare radio show.

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5. Some tasty nu-disco originals from Blende.

6. “Geronimo!” The Knocks and Fred Flake collaborate and then pass the baton to Lenno to create this nu-disco bomb.

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7. Check out the behind-the-scenes making of Nervo’s “You’re Gonna Love Again.”

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